Gifted Education Programme 2014

Mathematics Assessment Format for P5


Assessment
Type
Component/Marks/Duration
Weighting
Continual Assessment 1
Common Test 1 Part 1 (Sections A & B)
Pen-and-Paper Test: 20 marks
(30 min)
35%




Common Test 1 Part 2 (Section C)
Pen-and-Paper Test: 30 marks
(50 min)
Common Test 1 Part 3
Investigation: 25 marks
(45 min)

Daily Assignments : 10 marks
(Done continuously, for selected topics only*)
Continual Assessment 2
Common Test 2 Part 1 (Sections A & B)
Pen-and-Paper Test: 20 marks
(30 min)
15%




Common Test 2 Part 2 (Section C)
Pen-and-Paper Test: 30 marks
(50 min)
Common Test 2 Part 3
Investigation : 25 marks
(1 h)

Daily Assignments : 10 marks
(Done continuously, for selected topics only*)
Semestral Assessment
End-of-Year Examination Paper 1 (Sections A & B)
Pen-and-Paper Test: 40 marks
(50 min)
50%




End-of-Year Examination Paper 2 (Section C)
Pen-and-Paper Test: 60 marks
(1 h 40 min)
Total
100%

The Common Test 1 Part 3 paper will involve generalising number patterns (quadratic for P5), and the Common Test 2 Part 3 paper will involve investigative problem solving including Principals of Counting. The use of calculators is allowed.

Conversion of Marks for Continual Assessment

Overall Marks for Continual Assessment
= (Marks in CT Part 1 + Marks in CT Part 2 + Marks in CT Part 3 + Marks in Daily Assignments)x 20/17

Pen-and-Paper Test Format

Section
Item Type
Number of questions
Marks per question
Weighting
A
Short-answer
(no working required; units provided)
10 (CT Part 1)
1
10 (CT Part 1)
20 (Exam)
20 (Exam)
B
Short-answer
(working required; units provided)
5 (CT Part 1)
2
10 (CT Part 1)
10 (Exam)
20 (Exam)
C
Short-answer/
Structured/Long-answer
(working required; units not provided)
9 (CT Part 2)
2, 3, 4, 5
30 (CT Part 2)
18 (Exam)
60 (Exam)
Total
24 (CT)
1 – 5
50 (CT)
48 (Exam)
100 (Exam)